Chase

Chace, \L. Lat. ehaeea, chacea.^ In English law. A laree extent of woody ground, (Lat. ealtus^) less than a forest, and larger than a park, lyins open and privileged for wild beasts, and wild fowl. Termes de la ley.

Co. Litt. 233 a.

SpeU man, voc.

Chacea. Manwood, 52. 2 Bl. Com. 38, 414, 416.

A franchise granted by the crown to a subject

empowering the latter to keep for his diversion, within a certain precinct so called, the wild animals of chase, (which in a le^al sense are the same with those to which the right of forest extends,) but not authorizing the establishment of forest law within such precinct.

2 Steph. Com. 21. 1 Crabb*s Beat Prop. 91, § 97; 487, § 629.

See Forest, Park. In one sense, chase is a generic term, embracbff both a forest and a park. Thus, a forest IS called a royal chase, a park an enclosed chase.

2 Bl. Qpm. 38.

Every forest, says Lord Coke, is a chase, but every chase is not a forest.

Co. Litt. 233 a.

It differs from a forest in being of smaller extent, and not endowed with so many liber* ties, nor subject to the forest laws; and from a park, in being of larger size, and not enclosed. Termes de la ley.

2 Bl. Com. 38.

Spelman^ voc.

Chacea.